Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

• Aug-2018
• / Literary
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Growing up in a gang in the city can be dark. Growing up Native American in a gang in Chicago is a whole different story. This book takes a trip through that unexplored part of Indian Country, an intense journey that is full of surprises, shining a l...

• Nov-2021
• / Literary
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Chicago: home to urban Indians and immigrants and working folks and the whole gamut of people getting by in a world that doesn’t care whether they do so or not. Sacred City is an incomparable follow-up to Van Alst’s award-winning debut collection...

• Oct-2023
• / Literary
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In this short story from the bold, timely, sinister anthology Never Whistle at Night, Junior gets a brick to the head in a drive-by and six weeks later the creature Louis turns up with a sack of Junior's assailants' severed white heads. A wholly orig...

• Mar-2024
• / Contemporary Romance
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When Dr. Van Vierlans receives an invitation from Mrs. Elizabeth Morgenstern to give a lecture at her island mansion off the coast of South Carolina, he doesn't think twice. There’s a generous honorarium, and he relishes the chance to revisit the S...

• Oct-2024
• / Dark Fantasy
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Sacred Folks brings it all home in the final book of Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.’s urban Native Chicago story cycle. Disciples, demons, gods, gangbangers, and the city itself all meet up to tell unforgettable tales across time and neighborhoods. Our g...

• Aug-2025
• / Literary
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHIRBY AWARD IN FICTION • From the co-editor of the bestselling anthology Never Whistle at Night, a semi-autobiographical novel that follows a group of teenage gang members as they trek across Chicago to a momentous meeting, ins...